Awards

Bicentennial Medal - 2019

Chancellor and Provost Medallion - 2014

IU East Chancellor's Medallion

Richmond, Indiana

W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service - 2004

About Ashton I. Veramallay

Since he came to IU East in 1977, Veramallay has worked to combat this form of illiteracy, and in turn, has become a lauded economic expert for IU and the Richmond community.

Through the Center for Economic Education, a teaching, research and development resource that he helped establish in 1978, Veramallay has improved the economic literacy of his community and woven an impressive web of connections, accomplishments that earned the center the Peter V. Harrington Award for Excellence in 2002. To date, he's reached more than 1,000 teachers and, consequently, their students. He conducts workshops for pastors and labor leaders on money management, health care, aging and retirement to help them-and their parishioners and employees-understand their economic choices.

Because Veramallay's achievements blur the lines between teaching, service and scholarship, it is difficult to distinguish where his role as economics professor ends and his community service begins. He has served on the boards of several philanthropic and community organizations including the American Red Cross Wayne/Union County Chapter, the United Way of Whitewater Valley, Junior Achievement of Eastern Indiana and the Small Business Development Center. He's a member of the Reid Hospital Finance Authority, where he oversees an investment portfolio of more than $125 million. And, as a founding member of the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Richmond, he is as likely to be found swinging a hammer as he is teaching new homeowners how to budget their resources.